[smkyquartz]

Good grief... I read that 'tutorial' on the salt water etching and I am flabbergasted at the time, energy and fact that it uses electricity...YIKES I do use electricity for electroforming and that is an easy process (see my post in Free Tutorials). I do a lot of metal etching and always use ferric chloride for copper, nickel and brass and ferric nitrate for sterling silver. I really do not want to promote my tutorial on this thread. But, pm me if interested. Also, if you use the 'Edinburough etch", you can get a really clean etch compared to the normal striations, bumples etc with a regular etch. I will post in Tutorials For Sale.